Tehran, IRAN, July 15, 2009
Back in 1978 when things were getting dicey in Tehran, I remember every time President Carter made a public statement about Iran, tensions increased. The Iranian public gets all the news; much more than the American public, and they are very sensitive to the words of the American president and top government officials. Now, in 2009, when President Obama makes comments like, " We also say we're not going to just wait indefinitely and allow for the development of a nuclear weapon, the breach of international treaties, and wake up one day and find ourselves in a much worse situation and unable to act, " And the Washington Post writes , " He said that he and others had sought only the strong condemnation that the G8 delivered and not for the summit to embrace new sanctions against Iran, despite news reports to the contrary. But it remained unclear what further pressure could be exerted on Tehran, which has rejected international demands to suspend a nuclear pro...